“Service and the Second Coming”
1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 Part 1

I. Paul’s COURAGE before them. (vv. 1-4). 20.9" class="scriptRef">Proverbs 20:9; Isaiah 58:1; 62:1; Jeremiah 1:8, 7" class="scriptRef">17; 10:5; Ezekiel 2:6-8; 3:9-11; Jonah 3:2; Micah 3:8; 12" class="scriptRef">Matthew 5:10-12; 24.21" class="scriptRef">21-Matt.10.22" class="scriptRef">10:21-22; 16:21; 17:12; 24:9, 21, 29" class="scriptRef">29" class="scriptRef">29" class="scriptRef">29; 31" class="scriptRef">Mark 8:31; 9:12; 19" class="scriptRef">13:19, 24; Luke 1:65; 2:17; 9:22; 17:25; 22:15; 18.26" class="scriptRef">26" class="scriptRef">24:26, 46" class="scriptRef">46; John 3:34; 6:63, 68; 7:26; 8:47; 12:47-48; 15:18-20; 16:1-2, 33; 17:8; Acts 2:14; 4:13, 29, 31; 5:20; 7:10-11; 9:16, 27" class="scriptRef">27, 29; 10:37, 44; 11:19; 13:42, 46; 14:3, 22; 17:3; 18:9, 26; 19:8; 23" class="scriptRef">20:23, 27; 21:39; 23:11; 26:16, 25-26; 27:23-25; 28:25; Romans 5:3; 8:17-18; 10:17-18; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; 12:26; 2 Corinthians 1:4-8; 4:17; 6:4; 7:4; 8:2; Ephesians 3:12-13; 6:19-20; Philippians 1:16, 20, 29; 3:10; 4:14; Colossians 1:24; 4:3-4; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 3:3-4, 7; 2 Thessalonians 1:4-6; 2 Timothy 1:8; 1 Timothy 3:13; 2 Timothy 1:12; 3:11-12; Hebrews 2:9-10, 18; 5:8; 9:26; 10:33; 13:6, 12; James 1:27; 1 Peter 1:25; 2:19-21, 23; 3:14, 17-18; 4:1, 12-16, 19; 5:9-10; 2 Peter 3:2; 1 John 4:17; 2 John 12; Jude 17; Revelation 1:9; 2:9-10; 7:14